tonight on Portland cable TV: Mental Health Empowerment

[Public announcement list for Oregonians about human rights in the mental health system.]

MindFreedom Oregon News - 26 March 2008
http://www.mindfreedom.org/as/act/us/or - please forward

Video on empowerment & choice in Oregon's mental health system airs  
on TV

BELOW is a forwarded announcement from Flying Focus Video that their  
videotape of a forum in Portland Oregon on choice and empowerment in  
the mental health system airs *tonight* 26 March and this Friday 28  
March on Portland's cable TV. Flying Focus also announces how to  
obtain DVD's when they are released in April. MindFreedom sponsored  
the forum about the upcoming launch of a state-wide coalition of  
Oregon mental health consumer and psychiatric survivor groups, OCSC.

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From: Flying Focus Video -- ffvc at flyingfocus.org
	
Date: March 26, 2008 10:19:30 AM PDT
	
Subject: Mental Health Choice and Empowerment this week on the Video Bus

Folks

      In February, 2008 a panel representing mental health consumers  
and psychiatric survivors spoke on how to further organize for change  
in the mental health system. This week on the Flying Focus Video Bus,  
you can hear from them on the episode "MindFreedom: Mental Health  
Choice and Empowerment."

     The featured speakers are two survivors of an abusive  
psychiatric system who became activists.

     First is David Oaks, director of Mind Freedom International  
based in Eugene, who described his efforts to give choice, freedom,  
and human rights priority within the system.  He talks about his own  
experience, how mental health consumers are being shut out of the  
debate, how more money put into failed programs isn't the answer, and  
the best strategies to get local politicians to act.  He also goes  
into the problems caused by too much influence of the pharmaceutical  
industry in mental health, including within the prison system.  But  
he also is sets the principle of personal choice over use of  
psychiatric drugs as opposed to the forced drugging that often  
occurs.  He makes clear his goal is change by peaceful revolution.

      Second is Dan Fisher, the director of the National Empowerment  
Center in Massachusetts, another psychiatric survivor who became a  
psychiatrist, and now works both within and without the system.

     And during the public forum we hear from an activist who  
proclaims, "don't let them label your soul," referring to the  
arbitrary psychiatric labels the industry often assigns.

  This 27-minute show airs Wednesday, March 26th at 11:00 PM on  
Channel 23, Comcast Portland and Friday, March 28th at 9:30 PM on  
Channel 11 (Citywide).

It will be available in early April on DVD or VHS for a donation of  
$11 plus $4 postage.

We hope you enjoy it

S. Adam Bernstein, producer
Flying Focus Video Collective

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